The state's 2nd largest natural lake, covering 22,138 acres with 58 miles of shoreline, borders Seattle on the west shore, and extends nearly twenty miles north from Renton to Kenmore. The lake's south end is largely industrial and the north end is mostly residential. The city of Bellevue occupies much of its eastern shore. It came into existence during the glacial period, when a prehistoric stream was dammed by a...

Mile: 32

John McMaster of Kenmore, Ontario, established a shingle mill there in 1890. He became known as the dean of the local shingle industry. On January 10, 1901, McMaster named the town for his home. The site had been a meeting place for local Native Americans, who called it Sta-tab-eh, meaning lots of people talking.

Mile: 7

This section of brick road is the only remaining portion of the original Bothell-Lake forest Park Highway, the first paved road around the northern end of Lake Washington. Completed in 1913, the road was paved on bricks which were brought from Renton by train and unloaded near Swamp Creek.

Mile: 9

On the Sammamish River near the northern end of Lake Washington, was named for the Bothell family, which started a logging camp and shingle mill here in 1886 and platted the town two years later. Early-day transportation was by steamer down the narrow stream and across the lake to Seattle. By the 1940s the town drew its income largely from dairying and farming. An earlier name was Brackett's Landing. Today...

Points of Interest

Anderson School

Bothell’s First Schoolhouse

Beckstrom Log Cabin

Mile: 10